Manana must still be held accountable for assault‚ despite resignation: DA

Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training Mduduzi Manana must still be held accountable for assault and mistreatment‚ notwithstanding his resignation‚ the Democratic Alliance says.

Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana Launching The Ekurhuleni East Tvet College Daveyton Campus on 26 May 2017. File photo. Image: CITY OF EKURHULENI

The DA welcomed his resignation‚ but said it must be noted however that if the ANC truly wanted to prioritise protecting women from abuse‚ Manana should have been removed as soon as he had admitted to assaulting a woman almost two weeks ago.

“That he was not immediately fired speaks volumes about how seriously the ANC view women abuse‚ which is rife in our society in part because leaders are not held to account for their actions‚” the DA’s Belinda Bozzoli said.

“Even the President of the ANC Women’s League‚ Bathabile Dlamini‚ stated as a matter of fact that ‘there are those [in government] that are actually worse than him’‚ in a feeble attempt to defend his inexcusable actions‚” she noted.